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82nd Annual Academy Award Nominations

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Tom Sherak and Anne Hathaway announced the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards Presentations Tuesday morning, February 2nd. The show will be aired on March 7th and co-hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin.

Actor in a Leading Role

* Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
* George Clooney – Up in the Air
* Colin Firth – A Single Man
* Morgan Freeman – Invictus
* Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Actor in a Supporting Role

* Matt Damon – Invictus
* Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
* Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
* Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
* Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role

* Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
* Helen Mirren – The Last Station
* Carey Mulligan – An Education
* Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
* Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Actress in a Supporting Role

* Penélope Cruz – Nine
* Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
* Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
* Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
* Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film

* Coraline – Henry Selick
* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
* The Princess and the Frog – John Musker and Ron Clements
* The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
* Up – Pete Docter

Art Direction

* Avatar Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
* Nine Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
* Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
* The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

* Avatar – Mauro Fiore
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
* The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
* Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
* The White Ribbon – Christian Berger

Costume Design

* Bright Star – Janet Patterson
* Coco before Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
* The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
* Nine – Colleen Atwood
* The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell

Directing

* Avatar – James Cameron
* The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
* Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
* Up in the Air – Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

* Burma VJ – Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
* The Cove Nominees TBD
* Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
* The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers – Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
* Which Way Home – Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

* “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
* “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
* “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
* “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
* “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

* Avatar – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
* District 9 – Julian Clarke
* The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
* Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

* Ajami – Israel
* El Secreto de Sus Ojos – Argentina
* The Milk of Sorrow – Peru
* Un Prophète – France
* The White Ribbon – Germany

Makeup

* Il Divo – Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
* Star Trek – Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
* The Young Victoria – Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

* Avatar – James Horner
* Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
* The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
* Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
* Up – Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

* “Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog – Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
* “Loin de Paname” from Paris 36 – Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
* “Take It All” from Nine – Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
* “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from Crazy Heart – Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture

* Avatar – James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
* The Blind Side – Nominees TBD
* District 9 – Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
* An Education – Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
* The Hurt Locker – Nominees TBD
* Inglourious Basterds – Lawrence Bender, Producer
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
* A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
* Up – Jonas Rivera, Producer
* Up in the Air – Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

* “French Roast” – Fabrice O. Joubert
* “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” – Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
* “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” – Javier Recio Gracia
* “Logorama” – Nicolas Schmerkin
* “A Matter of Loaf and Death” – Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

* “The Door” – Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
* “Instead of Abracadabra” – Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
* “Kavi” – Gregg Helvey
* “Miracle Fish” – Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
* “The New Tenants” – Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

* Avatar – Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
* The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
* Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman
* Star Trek – Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
* Up – Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

* Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
* The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
* Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
* Star Trek – Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

* Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
* District 9 – Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
* Star Trek – Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

* District 9 – Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
* An Education – Screenplay by Nick Hornby
* In the Loop – Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
* Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
* Up in the Air – Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

* The Hurt Locker – Written by Mark Boal
* Inglourious Basterds – Written by Quentin Tarantino
* The Messenger – Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
* A Serious Man – Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
* Up Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy